For the first time in the two-year period following the Brexit referendum in Great Britain, prime minister Theresa May has agreed to a preliminary version of the deal with her Сabinet. Both sides have approved a text which will finalize Great Britain’s exit from the European Union. A number of British ministers resigned from their posts in protest of the ...

In 2016, the US president Donald J. Trump announced that he wanted to Make America Great Again (MAGA), but he encountered a variety of reactions. The phrase was first introduced during Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign and was used again by Bill Clinton in 1992. However, “MAGA” was first used as an official slogan for an election campaign by president ...

Israel reports that it has attacked about 150 targets in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the latest round of opposition with Palestinians. On the Israeli side, there has been about one death and about 50 wounded people, and on the Palestinian side there are 6 dead people, and 30 wounded. The situation has escalated since the beginning of ...

Numerous media are reporting that the Federal Criminal Police of Germany have uncovered a network of as many as 200 militants within Germany’s special forces and among military veterans conspiring for “Day X.” As has since been revealed, “Day X” stands for a whole host of armed operations planned for “when civil order collapses in Germany.” The conspiracy reportedly included “hit ...

Atatürk Memorial Day The 10th November was an important date, marking 80 years since the death of the founder of the Republic Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Across Turkey and beyond her boundaries, memorial ceremonies were been held. In Turkey sirens were sounded and citizens stood in a moment of silence. In Ankara the ceremonies in memory of Atatürk took place ...

Dear UWI readers, On this day, the Turkish Republic commemorates its greatest son, commander, politician-reformer, first president and founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Mustafa Kemal died at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul on November 10, 1938. A historical figure of the highest caliber, his example will light the way for many generations, giving hope to peoples and sovereign states around the ...

November 11th marks Armistice Day, the end of World War 1 in 1918. Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, has announced a commemorative ceremony and a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump for the 100thanniversary of the end of the War. More than 10,000 police officers and gendarmes will be in Paris to ensure safety. France will also be accepting ...

In Moscow, a conference on peaceful settlement in Afghanistan, with the participation of the Afghan government and representatives of the Taliban, has begun on the level of deputy foreign ministers and related special representatives. The sides are discussing a possible way out of the current conflict. This event is of special significance in that it is the first time the ...

On July 13th, 2018, the finalized text of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was produced by the United Nations, following two years of official preparations which concluded in Morocco. While officially portrayed as a united effort to overcome humanitarian problems associated with skyrocketing migration and refugee crises, particularly in and around Europe, the document, which ...

It was a tense day in the Iranian parliament, with government opposition even calling it a “black day”. This day marks the anniversary of the day nuclear deal with the 5+1 Group (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) was ratified, a day that divided Iranian domestic politics into two sides: supporters and opponents of engagement with the United States. The story ...